Followup to Cat Hollow Burglaries

Just a quick follow-up to this post to say that it looks they caught at least one of the guys.

Deputies Search for Armed Burglars… in my backyard!

As I was sitting in my home office around 1:30 this morning, a car screamed past my window seconds before I heard it slam into my neighbors’ cars. When I saw the police cars fly past at about the same time, I knew this was no ordinary late night car crash.
Here’s the story from KVUE […]

Newsweek’s top high schools, Austin edition

So Newsweek has posted their latest list of top high schools in the country. You can filter by state (e.g. Texas) on the site, but if you’re like me, you’re only interested in the schools in the Austin metro area.*

RANK
SCHOOL
LOCATION
STATE
INDEX

52
Westlake
Austin (EISD)
Texas
4.33

77
Westwood **
Austin (RRISD)
Texas
3.86

95
LBJ
Austin
Texas
3.67

386
L. C. Anderson **
Austin
Texas
2.23

589
Lake Travis
Austin (LTISD)
Texas
1.87

631
McCallum
Austin
Texas
1.8

662
McNeil
Austin (RRISD)
Texas
1.75

716
Cedar Park
Cedar Park (LISD)
Texas
1.68

800
Round Rock
Round Rock
Texas
1.57

831
Dripping Springs
Dripping […]

Mah commutez, let me show u them

Commutin, ure doin it wrong
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I can has motorcycle?
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The bottom one is the way I went home yesterday. Westlake Dr. was actually a bit disappointing (mostly due to traffic but also because the “Radar Enforced” Speed Limit signs made me paranoid), but Spicewood Springs Rd. more than made up for it.

How I found my new job (copied from IM)

Fred: Did you feel like your time was getting short or just being pro-active?

Erik: Neither, really.

Erik: Back in January, this caught my attention when it showed up in Google Reader: http://geekaustin.org/2008/01/23/pluck-qa-engineer/

Erik: Obviously, it didn’t apply to me but I was highly amused nonetheless.

Erik: Then, in February, this showed up in the GeekAustin RSS feed: http://geekaustin.org/2008/02/19/smart-c-developer-wanted-to-get-me-free-lunch/

Erik: I honestly wasn’t looking at all (I prefer to stay at a company for a minimum of 1 year; I’ve been here 9 months) but I figured any company that would post a job listing like that must be pretty cool and hey, free lunch!

Erik: Ultimately, the person who got my resume thought I was a better fit in professional services than in engineering and I admit they were right.

Erik: The rest, as they say, is history.

Note: Minor edits have been made for clarity and to protect the innocent.

Bluebonnet season begins, expected to be average

Bluebonnet season begins, expected to be average: “Though peak bluebonnet season isn’t easy to pinpoint, it’s typically the first couple of weeks of April.”

MasalaWok

LaunchPad Coworking — Coworking in Austin, Texas

“Bobby: “In Cooltown, music’s always playing and everyone drives convertibles!”…”

“

Bobby: “In Cooltown, music’s always playing and everyone drives convertibles!”

Hank Hill: “Ugh. Sounds like Austin.”

”

- Twitter / Omar Gallaga

Democrats waiting to get into their caucus room at the community…

Democrats waiting to get into their caucus room at the community center (which got moved to the gym). The 25 Republicans had no such issue.

The Texas Courthouse

“If Obama could get Vince Young to endorse him, he’d carry the whole state of Texas.”

- Overheard in Austin | My office | That Other Paper | Austin’s ONLY Paper

New GWJ thread: DMN releases never-seen-before materials related to the JFK assassination.

I just created a new thread over at Gamers With Jobs.
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins announced this week that documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were found in a little-known vault in his office. He said his intention was to release them to the public. The documents were compiled by […]